2 months!

dear miles,
today you are 2 months old...i can hardly believe it!

eat
you are turning into quite the fattie :0 yesterday at the doctor you weighed 10lbs 5oz. you still like to eat every 2-3hrs though every once in awhile you give me a 3 1/2hr break. i think 4hrs is your current record. you still spit up all the time, which is gross, but hopefully you will get over it soon.

sleep
you love to sleep. especially on your tummy. if we lay you on your back, you thrash around like an upside down turtle! but if we lay you down on your tummy, you scrunch your legs up so your booty is in the air and suck away on your pacifier until you fall asleep. for the 1st 2 weeks of this month we had slipped into the habit of you sleeping most of the night in our bed or with me holding you, because you no longer liked your bouncy chair for sleeping. this was not what we wanted, so we worked on getting you to sleep in your pack n play. it took a few nights of half and half, and i moved your pack n play right next to my side of the bed so i don't have to get up to help you out....but for the last 2 weeks you have been sleeping in your pack n play at night. during the day you mostly take naps in your crib, or you and i take a nap on the couch together. your sound machine is in your room so when i put you down for a nap, i usually turn it on to the ocean and this helps you fall asleep. sometimes i pat your back for a little bit, but mostly you put yourself to sleep all by yourself.

"schedule"
you generally wake up between 5-6am to eat, then are awake for an hour or two. i don't like to be awake at this time so mostly i just hold you and you bop around while i fade in and out of consciousness until time for you to eat again around 8am. we usually both fall back asleep on the couch until 10am or so and then we hang out until noon. sometimes you fall asleep...you are a very sleepy little man! sometimes in the afternoon you will take a 2-3hr nap and you almost always sleep from 7-10pm, but pretty much we just follow the same 2hr routine of eat, about 30min awake time, then you fall asleep until you are hungry again. after you eat around 10pm you usually stay awake for awhile, then we go to bed sometime around midnite, right after you eat. you sleep in your pack n play, waking up at 2 or 3, then up for the morning at 5 or 6. thats a lot of sleep! i wish it would come in longer stretches, but i know it will come with time. i love the faces you make when you are sleeping and stretching. you have started wiggling around while you are asleep, you sometimes turn 90 or 180 degrees!

skills
you really would like to be able to suck your thumb. you work really hard at in and when you are successful you seem so pleased, until you accidentally yank it out of your mouth. sometimes you end up with your pointer finger instead, but this seems just as tasty to you. you don't really root around as much as you did last month, but i can tell when you are hungry because you bop around saying "eh eh" and eat your fists, alternating each one and bopping your head around. its almost as cute as rooting! and all this shows you are gaining control of your hands.

you are starting to pay attention to things around you and follow them with your eyes. i especially like when i can tell you are looking at me.

and you smile! sometimes. its becoming more and more frequent every day. about 1-2 times a day now you will look at me and give a big ol' grin...love it! you almost always smile at your sailboat mobile when i turn it on while i am changing your diaper. you also like looking at the blinds, fans. and the decorations in your nursery! when your daddy carries you, you pull your head back and stare up at his face, it is too funny! i think you like the sound of his voice.

i am enjoying spending all day with you and just chilling out enjoying each other. this month on mondays we've gone to watch daddy play tennis, we've also met him for lunch a few times. we went to dallas to meet nana, delbert, and papa. your auntie jen came to visit and she babysat you. we also took you to see a movie. we went to the lake for july 4th. your grandma k, aunt rachel, and aunt bekah came to visit and help while your daddy was out of town and we went out to eat, shopped at target, and dressed you up as a cow to get free food from chick-fil-a! we've gone to the park several times, and you've watched daddy and me play tennis sometimes. you go with me to the grocery store...you still love riding around in your sling!

the doctor says you are very active ....doctors have been saying this about you even before you were born, sometimes it worries me a little bit! he also thinks you have great spinal control and may start rolling over any day now. watch out world!